The Galactic Hegemony of Associated Commerce and Trade (or GHACT) is a interstellar megacooperation holding a great number of pre-FTL species under their political and economic dominion. Starting out as a galactic shipping company, their rise to power began with their monopoly on commercial interstellar travel in the [[Vultraum Sector]]. While this monopoly has since then losened, they still hold majority shares in their vassal states governments and full control over their off-planet in- and exports. Remains of GHACT packaging have been found on [[Mizar-5]], their spokesperson refused clarification if their company used this off-limit planet for commerce or merely as waste dump, but the visual similarities between outdated GHACT automated shipping vessels and the [[Golgori Sovereign Empire]]'s [[Cataphract]] project suggest that the technological and cultural development of the planet has been influenced from outside sources, be it intentional or not. Investigation on a potential responsability of the company to the native populations extinction is still ongoing.